Almost 50 years after the war, freedom fighter Guerrilla Hafiz is yet to receive state recognition

For the third successive year, the nation observed a one-minute 'blackout' programme on Monday night, marking the 'Genocide Day'.

On the fateful night of March 25, 1971, the Pakistani army officially launched its campaign of genocide in erstwhile East Pakistan, by unleashing death squads that mercilessly killed 7,000 unarmed, innocent Bengalis in one single night.

He got what he needed -- a ruthless militia force and a well-orchestrated plan which he along with his party leaders and senior Pakistani army had designed and -- to